Where to add X startup actions?

David Abrahams dave at boost-consulting.com
Mon Aug 28 15:43:49 UTC 2006


Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote the following on 27.08.2006 20:33:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I want to do a few things when X starts up, namely:
>> 
>>   xhost +local:acpid
>> 
>> and also, enable any attached monitors and extend my desktop.  Where
>> should I put these commands?  They're not gnome-specific, so I'd
>> rather not stick them in something that will only be run by gdm.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>
> /etc/rc.local

Thanks, but that didn't work.  Probably X wasn't running yet.  I'll
try some of Michael Head's suggestions.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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